Bakumatsu, the period followed by Modernized Meiji Era, is the intersection between the ancient and the modern of Japan. It was the last stage of Samurai and Ninja. For example, The Last Kunoichi くノ一幕末奇譚 talked about that period.

The time never comes back, yet photos can keep the images of the time. Someone developed a program called 幕末古写真ジェネレーター to transform an inputted picture into the one with Bakumatsu style.

Miss Hong Kong, Suki Chui, became a Kunoichi in Japan. She recently hosted a TV show introducing Japanese foods. Does a girl eating a lot of Japanese foods always become a Kunoichi? If true, no wonder why so many HK girls wear black stocking.

According to researchers from the universities of Bristol, Oxford and Manchester, people searching the Web for information about suicide are more likely to find sites that encourage the act rather than offering help and support.